What fosters a healthy lifestyle? How much responsibility does the
individual have for his or her own health? Which is the more
significant: the social circumstances in which people live, or lifestyle
habits such as exercise and smoking? This book purports to contribute
important new wvidence to the current debate about the health of the
British population. Based on a national survey of 9,000 people which
was carried out by an interdisciplinary team at the University of
Cambridge Medical School, this work investigates issues such as measured
fitness, declared health, psychological status, life circumstances, and
health-related behavior, attitudes and beliefs.

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